Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Boon v. F. M. Weathered's Administrator 23 Tex. 675 1859 1 Texas
Moorer v. State 44 Ala. 15 1870 1 Alabama
Jeff v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1253 1872 1 Mississippi
Jeff v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1422 1872 1 Mississippi
Welch v. Boston & Albany Railroad 41 Conn. 333 1874 1 Connecticut
State v. Rothschild 5 Mo. App. 411 1878 1 Missouri
Robinson v. State 16 Fla. 835 1878 1 Florida
McLaughlin v. Salley 46 Mich. 219 1881 1 Michigan
Carroll v. State 45 Ark. 539 1885 1 Arkansas
Williams v. State 35 Tex. Crim. 183 1895 1 Texas
Palmer v. State 9 Wyo. 40 1900 1 Wyoming
Mickle v. United States 6 Indian Terr. 557 1906 1 Oklahoma
Roberson v. State 175 Ala. 15 1912 1 Alabama
State v. Martin 102 Miss. 165 1912 1 Mississippi
Thornhill v. State 14 Ala. App. 647 1916 1 Alabama
Smith v. State 197 Ala. 193 1916 1 Alabama
Johnson v. State 15 Ala. App. 298 1916 1 Alabama
Ward v. State 15 Okla. Crim. 150 1918 1 Oklahoma
Smith v. State 19 Ala. App. 101 1923 1 Alabama
State v. Boyle 49 Nev. 386 1926 1 Nevada